The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s office says an Amite Police Officer is under arrest on multiple charges of kidnapping, sexual battery and rape. Michelle Southern reports…

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The federal government begins issuing refund checks to homeowners who overpaid for their insurance premiums. Refunds will go to those residents who purchased or renewed coverage after 2012 and paid higher premiums, until Congress passed another law to re-adjust flood insurance rates. The federal government estimates that about one-million policyholders nationwide will receive refunds that average one-hundred dollars.

Two statewide polls, one from Public Policy Polling and another from CNN, show Congressman Bill Cassidy with a three-percentage point lead over Senator Mary Landrieu in a possible December runoff. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it is significant for two reputable polls to have Cassidy in the lead

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Cross says republican attacks claiming Landrieu is out of touch with Louisiana and tied to President Barack Obama are working for Cassidy.

It’s October 1st and we’ve basically had an uneventful hurricane season,so far. But state climatologist Barry Keim says this is not the time to put our guard down when it comes to hurricanes. He says the North Atlantic Basin averages about two named storms in October…

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Keim says a great example of an October Hurricane was Juan in 1985 which Louisiana was dealing with all the way through to Halloween.